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Here you'll find a range of information living in a family.
Topics covered include adoption, babies, childhood, family nutrition, family planning and fertility, family breakdown, parenting and child health issues.
Updated December 2007
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Adoption
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Links to information on adoption.
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Babies
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Links to information on health issues such as breastfeeding, immunisation, sleeping problems, weight gain and health checks.
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Childhood
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HealthInsite life events page linking to resources on children which vary from health issues to development and diet.
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Domestic Violence
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Links to information about the effects of domestic violence, and where and how to get help if you are affected by it.
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Family Breakdown
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Links to information about some of the issues associated with family breakdown and divorce, such as custody of the children, emotional crises and starting a new family.
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Family Nutrition
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Links to information on the nutritional needs of families.
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Family Planning and Fertility
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Links to information on family planning, contraception, and fertility.
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Holiday Stress
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Links to information about stress and handling relationships during holiday periods.
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Holidays
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Links to information health issues associated with holidays.
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Personal Stories about Parenting
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Links to personal stories about parenting and raising children.
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Pets
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Links to information on pets and how they can affect health.
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Siblings
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Links to information siblings, including sibling rivalry.
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Toddlers and Preschoolers
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Links to information on issues that affect toddlers and their families, such as toilet training, tantrums and eating habits.
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Young People
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Links to information for young people on everything from social and survival skills to mental health, eating well and exercising.
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Trauma and teenagers - tips for parents
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Better Health Channel
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Young people in your family need both your support and your adult perspective. The way you help them to handle distressing and frightening events will influence their behaviour in future crises.
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Jul 2008
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Trauma and families - tips
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Better Health Channel
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In families affected by distressing or frightening experiences, each person reacts in their own way. Understanding each other and some of the common reactions to look out for can help your family avoid communication breakdown and other problems. Many things will help your family recover. If you are concerned about family members, please seek professional help.
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Jul 2008
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Trauma and families
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Better Health Channel
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If your family is affected by a distressing or frightening experience, it is important to understand each other's experience of the event and reactions. This will help to avoid communication breakdowns and other problems. There are many strategies to reduce complications and support family recovery.
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Jul 2008
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Trauma and teenagers - common reactions
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Better Health Channel
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Your teenager will handle the experience of distressing or frightening events differently to young children or adults. In order to help them, parents need to understand the ways in which a teenager manages distress and trauma.
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Jul 2008
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Aboriginal - families that work well
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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A loving and caring family circle can help kids have a good feeling about themselves and a good regard for others. In an unhappy, fearful family kids often can feel bad about themselves and couldn't care less about others.
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Jul 2008
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Single parenting
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Parenting in a single or sole parent household is different in many ways from parenting in a two parent household.
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Jul 2008
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Social support
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CareSearch
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In palliative care, the quality of social support provided in all three domains information, emotional support and physical assistance and care - are key aspects of what lead to a good death' These pages provide information and evidence regarding social support for health professionals.
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May 2008
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Grandparenting
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Grandparents are very important people in children's lives. There have been many changes in the last fifty years or so which make grandparenting a whole new ball-game.
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May 2008
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Being an only child
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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What do you think about when you see the words only child'? Someone who: is all alone? has no one to talk to or play with when they are at home?
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May 2008
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Coming out
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Many young people come to realise, often during their secondary school years, that they are gay, or lesbian or bisexual. Coming out means becoming aware of your sexuality, and telling other people about it.
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Apr 2008
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Tertiary studies - friends and family
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Better Health Channel
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Studying at university or other tertiary institutions is challenging. Anxiety about making new friends or feeling homesick is normal for students. If you are lonely, depressed or need help, it is important to seek advice from counsellors or other student support staff.
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Mar 2008
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Telling lies
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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My dad always used to say that to be a good liar you have to have a terrific memory to remember all the lies you told and who you told them to!
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Mar 2008
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Family conflict - how to cope
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Better Health Channel
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Conflict can happen when family members have different views or beliefs that clash. Peaceful resolution needs skills in open, two-way communication, negotiation, compromise and respect for the other person's point of view. Seek professional advice if you think you need help to resolve long-standing issues of conflict.
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Feb 2008
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Families - what makes them happy
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Better Health Channel
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Happy families have certain traits in common. Communication, togetherness, sharing activities, affection, support, acceptance, commitment and resilience are typical in families that function well. Unhappy families may benefit from professional help.
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Feb 2008
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Managing grief at Christmas
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Inspire Foundation
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This fact sheet contains suggestions for coping with the Christmas holidays after someone you care about has died.
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Feb 2008
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Moving away to attend University
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Inspire Foundation
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There are many reasons why you might choose to move away from home to study and making this decision can be difficult. This fact sheet contains information on leaving home and making life easier at university
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Feb 2008
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Having a disabled child in the family
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Being disabled means not being able to do things that other children of the same age can do.
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Jan 2008
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Media release. Christmas message - remember to check in on your elderly relatives and neighbours
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, has encouraged Australians to remember elderly relatives and neighbours during the Christmas and New Year period by simply popping around and visiting. There are 1.9 million Australians aged 70 years and older, comprising 9.3 per cent of the total population.
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Dec 2007
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Child Abuse
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information on where to go for help and support services and what to do if you or someone you know has or is being abused.
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Dec 2007
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